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1 Gilded Cage and Painted Lie
2 For a Little While, Free
3 Borrowing Civilization
4 What Could Not be Unheard
5 How Legends are Made
6 The Crow’s Nest
7 The First Move
8 Ink and Steel
8b Ink and Steel
9 The Serpent in the Garden
9b The Serpent – Salt Line
10 Valet and Viking
11 The Window in the Garden
12a Dead Men Don’t Pose – Carving
12b Dead Men Don’t Pose (DETAIL)
13 The Last Easy Day
14 Sabbath Silence
15 When the Lamps were Lit
15a Tom’s old home
15b Aboard the Dowager Queen
17 The Night Answers
18 After the Applause
18b After the Applause – the Kiss
19 Balconies and Brunches
20 The Crimson Seal
21 Let’s See the Elephant
22 “Stop Doing That”
24a Afterword -Sam Clemens
24b Mary’s mantle
22b Sheriff Huck in later years
Hogan Ranch Cemetery
Sam Hogan’s Funeral Notes pg. 1
Sam Hogan’s Funeral Notes pg. 2
Sam Hogan’s Funeral Notes pg. 3
Sam Hogan’s Funeral Notes pg. 4
Map of Hannibal
Map of Journey to California
Mariposa scene and county map
Map of Mariposa City
About the Author – Brian Hogan